Holding(s) in Company

5 Jan 2007 14:49

Blavod Extreme Spirits PLC05 January 2007 BLAVOD EXTREME SPIRITS PLC (the "Company") 5 January 2007 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES The Company has today received notification of the following major interest inshares. 1. Name of Company: Blavod Extreme Spirits plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18: Persons in 2 above. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: Not disclosed 6. Percentage of issued class: Not disclosed 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: Not disclosed 8. Percentage of issued class: Not disclosed 9. Class of security: Ordinary shares of 1p each 10. Date of transaction: Not disclosed 11. Date company informed: 4 January 2007 12. Total holding following this notification: 5,794,475 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 8.12% 14. Any additional information: N/a 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Jeff Hopmayer, 001 615 771 9111 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification: Jeff Hopmayer, Chief Executive Officer Date of notification: 5 January 2007 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange